Ellie Anne Swan

Ellie Anne Swan (1867-), nicknamed "The Black Widow", was an American criminal of the Wild West. In 1899, after a $25 bounty was posted for her arrest following her murder of her mother and several husbands, she was apprehended by bounty hunter Arthur Morgan.

Biography
Ellie Anne Swan was born in Oklahoma in 1867, and she developed a mental condition which made her prone to fits of rage and violence. During the 1890s, she murdered her mother and several husbands, and she was nicknamed "The Black Widow" and wanted by the Valentine Sheriff's Office, which posted a $25 bounty for her capture. In 1899, Arthur Morgan tracked her down to Cumberland Falls, where she was hiding with her newest lover, Braden Jones. Jones, who was worried about Swan's reputation, decided to assist Morgan in arresting his lover, but Swan proceeded to fatally stab him in the neck with a knife. Morgan lassoed and hogtied her and took her back to the Valentine Sheriff's Office, and she threatened to reveal Sheriff Curtis Malloy's affair with Moira Calthorpe, but she was unsuccessful.